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AI for

Contractors & Construction Managers

Somebody still has to walk the site. Until the day that changes there is a proposal to write tonight, a change order to explain, and a client asking why.

Ebook $7.99 · Audiobook $14.99 · instant download · no DRM

eleven and a half hours
every week.

That’s eleven and a half hours in a normal week. Your first week will be slower — you’re learning a tool. By week three, the numbers above are realistic. Chapter 12 gives you the 30-day plan to get there.

Line illustration: an hourglass filled with folded sheets of paper instead of sand

Where the hours come from

  • Chapter 4Writing proposals and change orders at night~3 hours
  • Chapter 5Client updates, sub scheduling, decision chasing~2.5 hours
  • Chapter 6Draw requests, invoices, payment chasing, RFQs~1.5 hours
  • Chapter 7Review responses and reputation work~1 hour
  • Chapter 8Daily logs, punch lists, crew briefs~2 hours
  • Chapter 9Marketing you keep putting off~1.5 hours
Contents

Twelve chapters.

Twelve chapters. 150 prompts you can paste as they stand. A glossary written for people nobody bothered to tell, and thirty days to make it stick.

  1. Line illustration: a builder's spirit level resting at a steep tilt across a stack of bricks with its outsized bubble vial reading dead centre all the same, the level's body plain with no numbers, scales, graduations or lettering anywhere, the bubble vial the accent colour 01 Your Head Start
  2. Line illustration: a full-size petrol cement mixer standing on its wheeled frame with an ordinary enamel tea mug fitted where the mixing drum should be, tipped at the same angle on the same yoke, every surface plain with no lettering, numbers or maker's marks anywhere, the mug the accent colour 02 The 30-Minute Setup
  3. Line illustration: a portable cement mixer tipped forward and delivering, instead of concrete, a neatly squared stack of plain paper sheets, every sheet blank and the mixer unmarked, no lettering or numerals anywhere, the mixer drum the accent colour 03 How to Talk to It
  4. Line illustration: a tape measure resting on the floor with its blade extended and bent into the outline of a small house, the blade completely smooth with no graduations, numerals or lettering on it or anywhere else in the frame, the tape measure case the accent colour 04 Bids, Proposals, and Change Orders
  5. Line illustration: a single site extension-cord socket block on the floor with a dozen heavy plugs crammed into it and their cords coiled around it in one neat heap, all of it unmarked with no lettering or numerals anywhere, the socket block the accent colour 05 Running the Job Without Running Your Phone Dry
  6. Line illustration: an ordinary concrete block standing on end with a piggy-bank coin slot cut into its top face and one plain coin resting beside the slot, the coin and the block blank with no numerals, lettering or markings of any kind, the coin the accent colour 06 Money Paperwork That Writes Itself
  7. Line illustration: a wooden sawhorse pulled up to a small dining table as though it were a guest, a full place setting of plate, cutlery and glass laid in front of it, nothing lettered or marked anywhere in the frame, the plate the accent colour 07 Reviews, Reputation, and the Long Relationship
  8. Line illustration: a bricklayer's trowel laying plain paper sheets into a half-built wall as though they were courses of brick, every sheet entirely blank and unmarked with no lettering or numerals anywhere, the trowel the accent colour 08 On the Job — Daily Logs, Punch Lists, and the Crew
  9. Line illustration: a blank-faced board on a wooden stake whose stake has taken root and sprouted leafy branches, the board's face completely empty with no lettering, numerals, emblem or marking of any kind on it, the leaves the accent colour 09 Getting the Next Job
  10. Line illustration: a folding carpenter's rule hinged shut into a rigid closed cage around a small stack of plain documents, the rule smooth and the documents blank with no graduations, numerals or lettering anywhere, the folding rule the accent colour 10 The Rules You Can’t Afford to Break
  11. Line illustration: a nail gun standing on its base with its air hose running not to a compressor but to a tall upright bicycle floor pump, the gun, hose and pump bare of any lettering, numerals or maker's marks, the bicycle pump the accent colour 11 Tools of the Trade
  12. Line illustration: a full scaffold tower with boards and diagonal braces erected around one small potted seedling, every tube, board and fitting unmarked with no tags, lettering or numerals anywhere, the seedling the accent colour 12 Your First 30 Days

Then: The Prompt Library, Glossary, The AI on the Job Series and About This Edition.

Free, from this book, right now

Read the opening before you decide.

Not a sample that stops mid-sentence — the whole first section, as printed, the title of every prompt in the library, and the guide to the trade.

The opening · 2,191 words Somebody Has to Walk the Site About 10 minutes. What AI does and does not do in this trade, and why the difference is worth your Tuesday. Read it free → The library · 150 titles Every prompt in the book, by name All eight groups, every numbered title, and twelve of the prompts printed in full so you can use them today. See the list → The field guide · free What AI does for contractors & construction managers The whole answer on one page: the six blocks of writing worth handing over, what each is worth in hours, what the tool gets wrong here, and the words you will meet. Read the guide →
From the Prompt Library

Prompt #1.

Printed exactly as it appears in the book. The yellow parts are the blanks you fill in — there are thousands across the 150 prompts, and they are why this works on your trade rather than a generic one.

COPY THIS — Prompt #1 · Your permanent profile

Paste into the custom instructions / profile box: “I run a [SIZE]-person general contracting company in [CITY, STATE] called [BUSINESS NAME]. We do [residential remodels / additions / custom homes / light commercial]. Typical projects run $[30k]–$[150k] and [4]–[16] weeks. When I ask you to write anything client-facing, keep it professional, plain, and brief — no hype, no exclamation points, an 8th-grade reading level. When I ask for a proposal, estimate, or change order, always leave dollar amounts and dates as blanks for me to fill in unless I give them to you, and never add warranty, schedule, or permit promises I didn’t state.”

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Formats

Pick how you want it.

Both are downloads and arrive the moment you pay. Prices, delivery and returns.

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Ebook (EPUB)
EPUB 3 · reflowable · no DRM · 988 KB · about 30,442 words · ISBN 979-8-90623-413-1
$7.99
Audiobook
MP3 · unabridged except the Prompt Library · 2h 21m · 20 tracks · ISBN 979-8-90623-414-8
$14.99
Before you buy

The questions people actually ask.

Do I need to pay for ChatGPT or Claude to use this book?

Not yet. The free tiers of both tools will carry you through this entire book’s TRY IT NOW exercises and your first few weeks of real use. You’ll know it’s time to pay (roughly $20/month) when you hit the free tier’s daily limits during a normal workday — that’s the signal the tool is earning its keep. Chapter 11 covers what the money buys.

Is this book going to tell me AI is coming for my job?

No. It takes the opposite position, and says so on page one: it is a good tool for words, it does not do your job, it does the writing around your job. The book's own last line on it is “this book will not tell you AI is magic. It’s a power tool. It kicks. We’ll show you where.” You can read the whole opening, Somebody Has to Walk the Site, free: 2,191 words, no sign-up.

What is actually in the 150 prompts?

Eight groups: Setup & Voice (1–15), Bids, Proposals & Change Orders (16–40), Client & Sub Coordination (41–65), Money Paperwork (66–85), Reviews & Reputation (86–105), On the Job (106–120), Marketing & Growth (121–145), Admin & Momentum (146–150). Every title is listed free on the prompt page, and twelve of the prompts are printed there in full.

I have never used AI at work. Is this too advanced?

It assumes nothing. Chapter 2 is “The 30-Minute Setup” and Chapter 3 is “How to Talk to It” — the tool is set up and the one real skill is taught before anything else is asked of you. The glossary at the back explains every term the book uses.

How long is it?

It is about 30,442 words across 12 chapters, plus the 150-prompt library and the glossary; the audiobook runs 2h 21m across 20 tracks, measured from the masters on 2026-08-31. Chapters 1–3 take about an hour and everything else depends on them.

What do I actually get, and how is it delivered?

Ebook at $7.99 and Audiobook at $14.99. Both are downloads and arrive the moment you pay — the EPUB has no DRM, so it is yours on any reader. Ebook ISBN 979-8-90623-413-1; Audiobook ISBN 979-8-90623-414-8. There is no printed edition of this one yet.

The last line of the Promise Page

This book will not tell you AI is magic. It’s a power tool. It kicks. We’ll show you where.

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